Bail and method of applying same



June 30, 1931. w. F. LUSK ET AL 1,812,597

BAIL AND METHOD OF APPLYING SAME Filed March 29, 1929 Patented June 30, 1931 u m-rens mres; DFFIJCE warms; m sx 'theirtirrtnmiie 1r; rewrit or oer-emu, mentors AssIeiro-Rs To nmrorm ecoirmnvg creme-nee, rumors, A CORPORATION or rumors we ivmi'rnon' o-ii- APPLYING slum Applicationfiiee March 29, 1929;! Serial no; 350,972;

b This invention has-to do with the bails isedon lardpails and similarcontainers, and

is concerned' particularly with certain herei matter describedimprovements in the form of attachment employed.

' Heretofore it has been the commonzpractice iir attachingra bail. to alard' pail or si1n= ilar container, to cut openings opposite sides. of the pan; position cup-shaped caps 0 in the apertures :with the bottoms of the caps. toward" theion't'side' placev flanged" disks over the edges offltlie capson the inside, press'the'. disks andtlie caps together to prodilce tight connections between the same and thegedges offthe, openings in the pail, and hook the ends ofarcurvedtbaillinto small apertures formed in thefprotrudingbottoms of'the caps, AQpailto which albail: has been attached by the employmentwof ears, either in the manner above described-{or in some othervmanner; is objectionable in several -re-' s ectsr Itiispractically impossible to pro u-ce Hind-tight connections between. the I: edgesofthe earsand the edgesof-thelopen- "2'5 ingsi-in. the p ail; with the-result that in one or more of a stockof filled pails someleakage: of the lard or other. material is almost certainrto occur. Fiirtherinore, the. ears in which itl'lfiends of. the bail: are hooked protrude. beyond? the contour of the pail and present both. central cavities: and marginal offsets which; are Wdiflicultto: clean, and which bacteria can develop undisturbed. Moreover, the attachment of the bail with respect to the earsis at best insecure as the bailis liableito pull out ordrop off. Be

sides, the entire weight ot' the lpail andij its.

contents is supported: byth'e bail at the" 10-- cations ot-the ears only withthe result that the pail will be pulled out 02E shape when heavy loads "are carried in the same.

The object of the presentwinyention istq provide a novel? and distinctly: improved form oflbail attachment whichxdoes' not =reit quire the emp Y n of em? The bail attachment constitliting the in Vention --posse'ssesz; an y excellent featiir'es,v andisnot open to'ktany' of the above memtionedil 'objecti'onsi. It 3 is? not necessary. to; perfbrate or in any way deformthe sides 0ithe pail inorder. to attach the bail. The bail extremely easy to' attach, andmay be attached either before, or after the pail is filled, or may beshipped separate from the filled pail and attached by the retailer at the time of sale, thereby permitting more compactness in shipping and displaying, The bail-attaching members increase the resistanceof the pail to deformation, distributethe load; andtend to tighten their grip. upon the" pailunder 1 increasedloads.

The foregoing are but afew-of themore salient'advantages to behadby the employ ment of the improved baili attachment.-

'Other. objects and-advantages will-{be apparent upon. a full understanding ofthe novel construction of the improved bail and thenovel: method 01% attaching the same? Twoslightly different embodiments ofthe' invention are presented herein'ifor the purpose of exemplification, 'bntit will 0t course be aipreciated the invention iscsuscepti 1e 0t embodiment in other structurally modified forms 'co mingz equally" within: the

scope of the appendedclaims, l

I In the; accompanying drawings: 1 is av side View of a pail with the bail of the invention; a

: .2zis another side View otthe same Fig. 3--is a sid'efview of the bail andits associated attaching, members, after being assembled together but -befor'ebeing locked equipped in; assembledrelation; Fig 4- is acorresponding View of the bail V and: its" associated attaching members; after being locked in assembled relation;

5 .isa horizontal-1section,v takenon the line 5&5 of- Fig. 3;

Figs; 6 is a horizontal section, taken on theline 6+6 of Figv t; i

Fig. 7 is a partially; sectioned side View of 1 a pair of .speciali bail-attaching pliers Fig.8." is a plan 'view ofrja single attaching. member which is designed-for use as a m0dificationin lieui of the two complementary; attaching members illustrated in the other views; l

If! the embOd i entbf the invention shown drawings.

in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, the bail assembly consists of a substantially semi-circular bail 10 and two substantially semi-circular attaching members 11. The bail is made of metal wire or other suitable material, and is provided at its end with laterally elongat ed loops 12, while the two attaching members, like the bail, are made of metal wire or other suitable material, and are provided at their ends with outwardly turned hooks 13.

The bail is adapted to be applied to any pail which has a downwardly and outwardly facing annular shoulder adjacent the rim thereof. Such a shoulder may be presented by the lower portion of an annular rib, or by the upper portion of an annular groove, or by the intermediate portion of a combination rib and groove such as the ogee formation 14 provided in the pail shown in the In order to apply the bail to the pail shown in the drawings, the two attaching members 11 are positioned in the groove 15 in complementary relation to each other, and the loops 12 on the ends of the bail are placed over the hooks 14 in the manner shown in Figs. 3 and 5. After the parts have been assembled in the relation described, the loops 12 are forced to assume the circular shape shown in Figs. 4 and 6, thereby causing the loops to be interlocked with the hooks.

The deformation of the loops 12 may be effected either by machine or by hand. If

" the work is done by hand, any suitable tool,

such as the specially designed pair of pliers 16 shown in Fig. 7 may be used to advantage. The jaws 17 of the pliers 16 are provided with substantially semi-circular grooves 18 in the ends thereof which together assume the shape of a circle when brought together and are also provided with recesses 19 behind the central portions of the grooves 18 for the accommodation of the ends of the hooks on the members 11. In the absence of a specially designed pair of pliers, the deforming operation may be performed with an ordinary pair of pliers.

After the bail has been attached to a pail in the manner above described, the attaching members will be held snugly about the pail by the engagement of the hooks 13 with the loops 12, while the bail will be free to turn down into a position against either side of the pail. When the pail is lifted by the bail, the lower portions of the loops will tend to draw the opposed hooks together under the weight of the contents, with the result that, the greater the load, the more secure the attachment. The attaching members, by reason of their detached but encompassing relation to the pail, greatly reinforce the pail and prevent the upper portion of the same from being pulled, out of shape under heavy loads. The slight amount of friction between the bail and the attaching members serves to hold the bail in any position in which placed.

Instead of using two separate semi-circular attaching members 11, as shown in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, a single-circular attaching member 20 may be employed, as shown in Fig. 8. The member 20 is provided at its free ends with hooks 21 similar to the hooks l3, and is provided at a point diametrically opposite the books 21 with an offset formation 22 consisting of two books 23 which are joined together at 24. One of the elongated loops on the bail is adapted to be forced into circular shape in interlocked association with the hooks 21, while the other elongated loop on the bail is adapted to be forced into circular shape in interlocked association with the hooks 23.

e claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a bail having elongated loops adjacent the ends thereof, which loops are adapted to be forced into circular shape, and pail-embracing means having portions which are adapted to interlock with the loops, when the latter are made circular to permit the bail to be swung into any position without disturbing the interlock.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a bail having loops adjacent the ends thereof, and pail-embracing means having outwardly opening hooks which are open sufiiciently to receive the loops and are adapted to interlock with the latter.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a bail having elongated loops adjacent the ends thereof, and pail-embracing means having outwardly opening books which are adapted to interlock with the loops upon deformation of the latter.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a bail having oval-shaped loops adjacent the ends thereof, and pail-embracing means having outwardly opening hooks which are adapted to interlock with the loops upon the latter being rendered circular in shape.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a bail having loops adjacent the ends thereof,and pail-embracing means having two pairs of oppositely facing outwardly opening hooks over which the loops are adapted to pass and fit in interlocked relation.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a bail having loops adjacent the ends thereof, and two complementary pail-embracing members having outwardly .opening hooks adjacent the adjoining ends thereof over which the loops are adapted to pass and fit in interlocked relation.

7 A method of applying a bail to a pail, which consists in forming elongated loops in the ends of a bail, passing such loops over pairs of oppositely facing hooks provided at the sides of the pail, and causing the loops to assume substantially circular shapes in interlocked association with the hooks.

8. A method of applying a bail to a pail, which consistsof forming elongated loops in the ends of a curved hail, forming outwardly facing hooks in the ends of two curved attaching members, placing the attaching members about a pail in complementary relation'to each other, positioning the loops on the bail over the hooks on the attaching members with the hooks in the ends of the loops, and rendering the loops substantially circular in shape whereby to interlock with the hooks.

In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names.

WALTER F. LUSK. WILLIAM H. POTTER. 

